Provides the latest RSS feeds for Ireland News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/aba4168066a10b8d/ en-us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:46:14 -0500 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:46:14 -0500 30 ARTHUR BEESLEYOUTGOING IRISH EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy has no plans to return to the domestic political fray following his departure from the EU executive. However, he has left few clues as to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32074851/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:27:32 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32074851/ Aer Lingus Our view: Buy Share price: €0.67 (unchanged)Aer Lingus is a tricky call. Yesterday's announcement about passenger numbers is a case in point. Overall traffic climbed by a modest 0.6 ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32074270/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:26:15 -0500 The Independent http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32074270/  FOR WEEKS and possibly months after George Lee’s landslide victory in the Dublin South byelection last June, Fine Gael basked in the glory of its success in wooing RTÉ’s former ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075154/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:11 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075154/  THERE WAS much criticism of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny in George Lee’s Dublin South constituency, where shoppers were shocked at the deputy’s departure.It had not taken long for the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075155/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:11 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075155/  SOR: What about the 27,000 people who gave you their number one vote in Dublin South? Did you not think you had some obligation to them, even as an Independent, remaining in the Dáil as an ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075156/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:09 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075156/ Party basked in victory as 'celebrity' TD grew more discontented THE MANNER of George Lee’s announcement bore striking similarities to the manner in which the previous chapter in his high-profil... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075158/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:08 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075158/ HARRY McGEE Political CorrespondentGEORGE LEE rejected the offer of a frontbench position from Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny last week because it was offered to him “under duress”.Mr Lee yes... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075157/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:07 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075157/ MARY CAROLANA DUBLIN-BASED aircraft leasing company has regained possession of a Boeing jet at the centre of a dispute with a Spanish airline, the Commercial Court has heard.Pembroke 717 Leasing Ltd h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075159/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:53 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075159/ FIONA GARTLANDA MAN who borrowed almost €8 million from the Educational Building Society to develop a site in Co Tipperary has had it and four other properties repossessed.Ms Justice Elizabeth D... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075160/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:51 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075160/ Man gets two years for attack on woman A TAXI driver who helped criminals distribute “vast amounts” of cocaine around Dublin has been ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service in... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075162/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:51 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075162/ Man gets two years for attack on woman THE CENTRAL Criminal Court heard that the young woman had been placed in a taxi after she got separated from a friend that night.She gave the driver, John Ryan, ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075163/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:50 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075163/ GORDON DEEGANINTERCITY PASSENGER rail services are to recommence between Limerick and Galway for the first time in 30 years next month.Iarnród Éireannl yesterday confirmed that services on t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075165/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:47 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075165/ EITHNE DONNELLAN Health CorrespondentTHERE WAS undoubtedly delay in diagnosing and treating a woman who developed septic shock after a procedure at the Galway Clinic in 2005, a Medical Council fitness... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075164/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:45 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075164/ GORDON DEEGANCLARE COUNTY Council’s high-tech chamber last night provided a platform for the Kilfenora Céilí Band to showcase its talents.In a forum that is more accustomed lately to h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075167/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:44 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075167/ FRANK McDONALD Environment EditorDONEGAL County Council is awaiting further details on contentious plans for a wind farm near Glenties, with up to 35 turbines that would be higher than the Spire in Du... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075168/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:43 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075168/ JOHN FALLON in Galway and EOIN BURKE-KENNEDYTHE LARGEST multinational in the west yesterday announced it is reducing its workforce, with 175 jobs to go at the Boston Scientific plant in Galway.The mov... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075169/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:41 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075169/ GERRY MORIARTY Northern EditorNORTHERN PARTY leaders are due to meet today to discuss who should be the North’s minister of justice, as a working group to consider how to tackle contentious para... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075170/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:40 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075170/  The INLA has a long history of extreme violence and vicious internal feudingTHERE WAS a faded black-and-white photograph of the late Séamus Costello (1939-’77) on the wall at the pres... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075171/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:39 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075171/ DEAGLÁN DE BRÉADÚN Political Correspondent in BelfastTHERE HAS been a broad political welcome for the decision of three paramilitary organisations – the Irish National Liberation ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075172/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:38 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075172/ FIONA GARTLANDA SOUTH Dublin local authority has said it has been unable to sell “affordable housing” valued at €27.5 million.At a meeting of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Counc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075166/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:37 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075166/ MICHAEL O'REGAN Parliamentary CorrespondentTOMÁS MAC GIOLLA gave confidence to people whose only experience was accepting their second-class status because they saw no other way, Workers’ P... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075173/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:34 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075173/ ALISON HEALYMOST CHILDREN believe their parents do nothing to encourage them to be safe online, yet most parents are confident their children are taking the necessary precautions, a new survey has fou... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075174/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:33 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075174/ MICHAEL PARSONSTHE MATADOR – one of the most abiding and traditional images of Spain – has been removed from advertising by a leading Irish travel company following a protest by animal rig... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075175/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:32 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075175/ PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs CorrespondentTHE FORMER Jesuit provincial Fr Gerry O’Hanlon has called for a national synod of the Catholic Church in Ireland in the context of fallout from the M... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075176/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:31 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075176/ MARY MINIHAN and PAMELA NEWENHAMTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said the Government would consider how to proceed with a regeneration plan for Limerick when it received a report on the project shortly.Minis... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075177/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:29 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075177/ PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent and PADDY AGNEWA LETTER has been sent to Pope Benedict by abuse victims in Dublin calling on him to remove the Bishop of Galway, Martin Drennan, as he &#8... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075178/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:28 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075178/ CAROL COULTER Legal Affairs Editor and Jamie SmythGARDA COMMISSIONER Fachtna Murphy has defended the special arrangements made for Jean Treacy when she gave evidence for the prosecution in the Eamonn ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075179/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:26 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075179/ TIM O'BRIENTRINITY COLLEGE Dublin is in discussions with city planners on a number of schemes to create new access and improve the college’s physical relationship with Pearse Street.Under the la... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075180/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:25 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075180/ OLIVIA KELLYDEVELOPER RAY Grehan faces legal action by Dublin City Council for running an unauthorised car park at the former veterinary college site in Ballsbridge for which he paid more than €... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075182/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:24 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075182/ DEIRDRE FALVEY Arts EditorTHERE ARE two Irish nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, Britain’s most prestigious stage honours.Dance company Fabulous Beast and Michael Keegan-... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075181/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:23 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075181/ PAMELA NEWENHAMA SEXUAL health awareness pack is to be distributed to third-level students throughout the State as part of a new safe-sex campaign by the Union of Students in Ireland.The packs, to be ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075183/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:22 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075183/ SEÁN FLYNN Education EditorA CO MAYO school has apologised to a teaching union after it held a parent-teacher meeting after working hours. The meeting took place in Davitt College, Castlebar, las... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075184/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:21 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075184/ JASON MICHAELSTEPS ARE being taken to close a legal loophole that has enabled drivers to escape penalty points, the Road Safety Authority said yesterday.Since 2003, 17,656 drivers who should have incu... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075185/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:20 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075185/ STEVEN CARROLLCONTRACTORS HIRED to clear a backlog of driving-test applications did not go easier on their candidates than full-time testers, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said yesterday.The comment... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075186/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:19 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075186/ Russborough House in Co Wicklow yesterday as gardaí examined its west wing after a fire on Sunday night. Photographs: Bryan O'Brien; Frank Miller http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075187/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:12:18 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075187/ Ireland's women's bobsleigh team is in jeopardy of losing its Olympic berth because Australia has submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport insisting that they deserve the spot. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075055/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:09:03 -0500 The Province http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32075055/ Feb 8 2010 Michael Jackson's doctor has appeared in court in the US charged over the star's death. Dr Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died, pleaded not guilty to... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32071941/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:49:20 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32071941/ Feb 8 2010 The UK death toll in Afghanistan has topped that of the Falklands war following the death of the 256th British soldier. The latest casualty, a soldier from 36 Engineer Regiment, part of... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32071942/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:49:19 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32071942/ The office of the first and deputy first minister have confirmed who will be on a working group to examine the issue of parading.Junior Minister Gerry Kelly will be joined by Jeffrey Donaldson, Stephe... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32070605/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:26:25 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32070605/ Feb 8 2010 The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said. Elliot ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32068743/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:40 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32068743/ The declarations by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the Official IRA (Irish Republican Army) follow a political breakthrough in the long-troubled British province last week.The INLA, a s... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32068390/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:41:54 -0500 SBS http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32068390/ Two Irish paramilitary groups say they have disarmed, in a move hailed as helping close "the last chapter" of conflict in Northern Ireland.The declarations by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065658/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:52:53 -0500 West Australian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065658/ A motion to drop the 30km/ph speed limit in Dublin city centre was lodged today amid growing anger among motorists at the restriction. The motion, which has cross-party support, will be debated at th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065655/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:37 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065655/ The High Court has been told that one million tonnes of waste have been lodged at a landfill site near Naas in Co Kildare. The amount of waste is in breach of the site's waste licence and the court h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065657/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:35 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065657/ Feb 8 2010 A man attempted to cut off the head of his ex-wife after he had psychotic delusions that she was planning to murder him, a court has been told. Benjamin Cooper, 35, hacked at Claire Mar... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065659/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:39:03 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065659/ Feb 8 2010 Michael Jackson's doctor plans to surrender to authorities at a courthouse within hours, his lawyer has said. Dr Conrad Murray's lawyer posted a brief statement on his website saying th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065661/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:39:02 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065661/ Feb 8 2010 Britain must hold its resolve in Afghanistan, the Defence Secretary has insisted, as the UK death toll equalled that of the Falklands War. The milestone was reached as two soldiers from... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065660/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:39:01 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065660/ Feb 8 2010 Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been released on police bail after being questioned on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle. The ex-Newcastle United and Spurs... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065664/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:38:58 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065664/ The jail term handed down to a reformed drug addict for transporting €1.6m worth of heroin was not unduly lenient, the Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today. John McGrane (aged 29), McKee Park, Black... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32064533/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:45 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32064533/ A Central Criminal Court judge has criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for delaying the progress of a trial by failing to anticipate an issue that arose with a witness in the case.Mr ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32064821/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:45 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32064821/ A man has been convicted by a jury of sexually abusing his daughters and raping one of them when they were young girls in the 1970s and 80s.He was found guilty on all counts after just more than an ho... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065654/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:45 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065654/ An events organiser facing 77 charges arising out of the theft of more than €180,000 in cash paid by students for debs and graduation balls pleaded guilty to 37 sample counts this afternoon.The char... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065653/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:44 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065653/ Ireland wing Andrew Trimble remains an injury concern for Saturday's Six Nations clash against France in Paris.Trimble has a strained hamstring while his Ulster team-mate Stephen Ferris is also a doub... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065651/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:46 -0500 BBC Sport http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32065651/ 'Cricket Ireland is excited to be embarking upon this series of matches in the Caribbean against Jamaica and the West Indies,' Cricket Ireland's CEO Warren Deutrom said. 'Whether or not we have quali... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062323/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:48:17 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062323/ The Garda Commissioner has said he supports the decision to escort a witness to and from giving evidence at the trial of Eamonn Lillis for the murder of his wife. Fachtna Murphy said that the decisio... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062322/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:48:13 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062322/ The new SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie has nominated Asssembly member and barrister Alban Maginness for the role of Stormont Justice Minister. Ms Ritchie said it would be inappropriate for her to be no... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062321/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:48:12 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062321/ Feb 8 2010 A wealthy landowner has been given a life jail term for the murder of his estranged wife, whose body has never been found. Retired teacher Kate Prout, 55, vanished from the £1.2 m... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062324/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:18 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062324/ Feb 8 2010 Heather Mills has revealed plans for a reality TV show in which celebrities will live with a disability for a week. The former wife of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney - who lost her left leg ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062325/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:17 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062325/ Feb 8 2010 A top Scotland Yard officer has been jailed for assaulting and falsely arresting a man in a petty row over money. Commander Ali Dizaei, 47, was sentenced to four years by Mr Justice Sim... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062326/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:17 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062326/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32061756/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:40 -0500 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32061756/ in November last year . Ireland's cricketers have mounted a strong case with a string of solid performances in the four-day, 50 and 20-over formats but face a difficult task convincing existing member... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062320/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:36:25 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062320/ Direct trains will run between Galway and Limerick for the first time in three decades from next month, it emerged today.The €106.5m upgraded route will offer commuters five services each way Monday... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062316/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:35 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062316/ Gordon Brown has praised the work of the international decommissioning body as he announced three NI paramilitary groups have got rid of their weapons.Two republican groups - the Irish National Libera... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32060962/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:37 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32060962/ A Belfast firm of solicitors is suing a trade union for allegedly breaching a 10-year contract to provide legal services to its members.Agnew Andress Higgins has also accused the Amalgamated Transport... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062018/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:37 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32062018/ AIB says it has identified an error in relation to the classification of some customers' accounts, which resulted in incorrect charges being applied. The bank says that some personal accounts may hav... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059613/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:54:11 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059613/ HSE Chief Executive Professor Brendan Drumm has said the HSE hopes to reduce the number of emergency admissions by 30,000 . Outlining the HSE's 2010 service plan, Prof Drumm said about 30% of patient... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059614/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:54:10 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059614/ Feb 8 2010 Endeavour and six astronauts have rocketed into orbit on what is expected to be the last night-time launch for the shuttle programme. The mission includes hauling up a new room and obse... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059617/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:49:01 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059617/ Feb 8 2010 A top Scotland Yard officer has been found guilty of threatening and falsely arresting a man in a petty row over money. Commander Ali Dizaei, 47, was convicted of misconduct and pervert... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059618/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:49:00 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059618/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32058716/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:44:31 -0500 Finfacts http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32058716/ A public inquiry into how a convicted sex offender set fire to his home and killed his family was called for today by the Northern Ireland Assembly.Arthur McElhill set fire to his home, killing his pa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059606/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:40 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059606/ AIB today revealed that the holders of some 40,000 accounts may be eligible for a refund after an “error in classification” resulted in overcharging estimated to total €4m.Meanwhile the Financia... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059607/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:39 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059607/ A Libyan teenager who threatened to follow an employee of the Refugee Reception and Integration Office home and burn down her house after his request for accommodation was refused has been given a par... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059610/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:39 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059610/ A meeting between Catholic bishops and survivors of abuse in religious run residential institutions has taken place in Co Kildare.Senior church figures are travelling to Rome this weekend to discuss t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059611/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:37 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059611/ , is continuing its international push, with plans to open its first franchise in Ireland in spring. The Emerald Isle franchise is the company’s 15th international franchise. In January, Atlant... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059616/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:39:21 -0500 Business Journal http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059616/ A Sinn Fein MLA and a journalist whose murder convictions were quashed have lost their appeal against being denied compensation.Judges ruled that Raymond McCartney and Eamonn MacDermott failed to meet... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059622/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:31:30 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32059622/ The Government has said the International Monetary Fund is supportive of the National Assets Management Agency despite the fund expressing reservations about whether it would lead to an increase in le... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057398/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:15:01 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057398/ Feb 8 2010 Want to know what your local MP is doing? There's an app for that. Labour MP Derek Wyatt has become the world's first serving politician to launch an iPhone app which he said makes him ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057401/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:10:06 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057401/ Feb 8 2010 Record numbers of students have applied to university this year, figures have showed - fuelling fears that tens of thousands of applicants will be denied places. Some 570,500 people hav... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057400/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:10:05 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057400/ Feb 8 2010 The three Labour MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses claims have been suspended from the party. David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine are being prosecuted on several c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057399/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:10:04 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057399/ The decision of the G7 countries to cancel Haiti’s huge debt burden will not, in itself, result in the stricken Caribbean nation making a satisfactory recovery from the recent earthquake, according ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32056978/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:01:35 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32056978/ Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has welcomed today’s statement by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) confirming that it has put its weapons beyond use."This act of decommissioning re... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057393/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:01:35 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057393/ A man accused of murdering a mother of one at a homeless shelter in Dublin City just more than a year ago, has been told that the DPP has refused to accept his plea of guilty to manslaughter.Clive But... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057394/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:01:34 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057394/ The Irish Courts Service has today defended its role in the recent loophole discovered in the penalty points system.The Road Safety Authority (RSA) today claimed that court clerks are not recording so... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057395/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:01:34 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057395/ The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that an enforcement order was served on Frier Tuck take-away, 45 Ballybough Road, Dublin 3 for breaches in hygiene legislation.Also during th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32056636/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:01:32 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32056636/ Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich , who called the attack "gruesome slaughter". The loss of life that day cemented the INLA's reputation as a small but deadly terrorist group which would be behind 120 ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057402/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:55:38 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32057402/ Consumer sentiment rose to its strongest level in two years last month. According to a report from KBC Bank and the Economic and Social Research Institute, consumers' brightening mood reflects an eas... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055363/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:41:29 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055363/ Toyota has said it fixed an accelerator defect for some cars in Europe last year but initially decided against a global recall. 'We did fix this in August last year (in Europe) after first hearing ab... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32054589/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:41:27 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32054589/ Two of HostelBookers’ Dublin hostels are offering guests a free pint of Guinness for every night they stay over the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday period. ( http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055360/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:40:47 -0500 PR Web http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055360/ Feb 8 2010 A republican paramilitary group which killed more than 100 people during the Northern Ireland Troubles has announced that it has decommissioned its weapons. The Irish National Liberatio... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055365/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:27 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055365/ Feb 8 2010 Two British troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the UK death toll in the conflict level with that of the 1982 Falklands War. The soldiers, from the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Batt... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055366/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:36:26 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055366/ Consumer sentiment is at its highest level for two years, an economic survey revealed today.The index, compiled by KBC bank and the ESRI think-tank, claimed shoppers felt January was a good time to ma... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055359/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:27:01 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055359/ A new report into the Road Safety Authority's operation of driver testing services in Ireland has raised concerns about the divergence in average pass rates between test centres and between individual... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055358/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:27:00 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055358/ A district judge has said mental health sufferers are not adequately dealt with by the court and called for the future justice minister to take urgent action.Barney McElholm made the appeal after he j... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055367/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:18:45 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32055367/ • Actress and presenter Clare Grogan Actress and singer Clare Grogan made a special visit to a city charity shop yesterday to donate a pair of designer sandals she wore on a holiday to Barbados year... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32054867/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:17:50 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32054867/ Feb 8 2010 Endeavour and six astronauts have rocketed into orbit on what is expected to be the last night-time launch for the shuttle programme. The mission includes hauling up a new room and obse... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053669/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:12:00 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053669/ Charity collectors will soon need a garda permit to stop pedestrians and ask for donations.As it stands such collectors - dubbed 'charity muggers' or 'chuggers' - are unregulated but that is set to ch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053667/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:03:09 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053667/ The head of the Limerick regeneration project has insisted the plug is not being pulled on the ambitious schemeThe comments by Brendan Kenny come despite the Government admitting over the weekend that... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053668/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:03:09 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053668/ A republican paramilitary group which killed more than 100 people during the Troubles in the North announced today that it has decommissioned its weapons. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) co... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053670/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:56:59 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32053670/ Jamie Heaslip is unconcerned by Ireland's form at the beginning of the RBS 6 Nations after their hesitant 29-11 victory over Italy. The Grand Slam champions launched their title defence in unconvinci... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32052034/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:52:38 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32052034/ Feb 8 2010 ITV has been fined for animal cruelty after contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat. Celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo and Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning k... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32052035/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:47:41 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/32052035/